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COPYRIGHT, 191 



THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



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CONTENTS 



FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST 5 

TIMELY SUGGESTIONS 13 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR PASSENGERS . . . . ... 15 

PHOTOGRAPHY 17 

ISLAND TOURS 

Tour One ............. IS 

Tour Two ............. 19 

Trip to Blue Mountain Peak ........ 21 

Tour Three . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 23 

Tour Four 23 

Tour Five ............. 24 

NEW HOTEL AT PORT ANTONIO 26 

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND .31 

CABIN PLANS OF "ADMIRAL" STEAMSHIPS . . . . , 42-43 




A TYPICAL COOLIE FAMILY 




ITHIN less than five days' sail on a perfectly appointed steamship, all but one day of which is passed in 
a sea of summer mildness, lies a tropic island of such surpassing loveliness of climate, such grandeur 
of scenery, and peopled with so picturesque a race, that any feeble attempt at adequate description 
seems almost burlesque. 

You embark upon a wintry sea, swept by a keen and biting wind. 
Within twenty-four hours you are at the edge of the Gulf Stream, 

and from there onward the temperature becomes milder, until on the third day you 

sight Watling's Island, better known as San Salvador, the first landing-place of 

Columbus. On the fourth day the steamer passes Cape Maisi, after running within 

plain sight of Castle and Fortune Islands, while passing through the Crooked Island 

passage. A few hours further sailing brings the island of Jamaica into sight. 

At first a low-lying insignificant mass of clouds upon the horizon, gradually grow- 
ing in size and increasing in color, until suddenly the grandeur of the mountains 

breaks upon the view, almost in unexpected reality. If the passenger saw nothing 

else, this view alone would well repay for taking the trip. 

The steamer rounds Folly Point and makes her way into the beautiful harbor 

of Port Antonio, which is almost without an equal on the entire coast. 
You will find an island about one hundred and forty-four 

miles long, the fairest the sun ever shone on, and 

where living is one long phantasma of 

delight. The island and the scenery 

seem almost theatrical. By chance 

you may approach your destination 

in a tropical shower, so thick 

that it fills the purpose of a 

drop curtain. Suddenly the 

rain stops, nature raises 

the veil, you hold your 

breath with amaze- 

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set, and the play is on ; overhead you get no paper sky, nothing but nature. Grand, rolling, ever shifting, 
cumulus clouds, now rising to reveal the mountains, reaching six and seven thousand feet into the blue ; 
flanked, as side scenes, by the richest, greenest, and most gorgeous foot-hills the eyes of man ever looked 
upon ; and for a stage floor, the broad expanse of the blue Caribbean (blue, did I say, rather, indigo, violet, 
purple, orange, any color you wish, they are all there) rolling against the coral cliffs and throwing the spray 
in great white masses high in the air, as much as to say, " see what an artist I am ; notice the wonderful 
effect of my white spray against the dark green of the cocoanuts and palms." As if to complete the 
realism, tears are brought to the eyes of high-strung, sensitively organized passengers, but no sound of 

applause is heard, the play is too real, too intense. There is only one act and 

no finale, save that the stage setting is forever changing. Nature possesses 

an army of stage hands, and the scenery is forever shifting. But here 

comes one of the players, with an invitation to go behind the scenes ; 

and now comes a lotus dream of delight, such as was never known 

outside the fable books of childhood. To step on this wondrous stage, 

to meet the actors, to talk with them, to become as it were a player 

yourself, to wander in and out at will among the scenes, to lie down 

at night and be lulled to sleep by tropic odors, by the mysterious night 

sounds of birds and insects peculiar to this island, to rise at daylight 

and bathe in nature's own bath-tub with the water at 83°, to sit at 

breakfast, and indulge in grape fruit, bananas, mangoes, oranges, — 

anything you wish, all grown on the stage, — do you wonder that 

one who has never been there is filled with rapture too deep for 

words, and that those who have traveled sixteen hundred miles to see 



FERN 
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this wonderful play of nature, return again, feeling the 
price all too little to pay for a comedy in which an over 
bountiful nature sets the stage and operates the scenery 
and all the inhabitants act their little parts ? When you 
are tired of showing yourself before an over appreciative 
audience, take your day off and retire far into the moun- 
tain fastnesses of this veritable garden of Eden ; and when 
you return, tell me, was not your first entry on the stage 
but the prelude to the greater beauties which nature 
has wisely held in reserve, and as dessert after an all 



LEAVING 
PORT ANTONIO 
HARBOR 




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too bountiful repast ! Except in this case you can indulge freely, without fear of after effects. As you draw farther into 
the rear of this great amphitheater, you leave civilization more and more behind you, and arrive in some places at almost 
the primitive state of man. Up you go, through vast mountain gorges, winding around beautiful buttresses of palm and 
bamboo, climbing ever higher and higher, until at points the river in the gorge, one thousand to fifteen hundred feet below, 
seems like a silver thread in a wilderness of green. Still farther above you loom the wonderful blue tops, and still you 
climb up, and yet up. At last you arrive, as it were, in the very skies themselves, and from this advantageous point gaze 
enraptured over the great stage which but a few hours before you had left behind you. In the distance the Caribbean 
flows in most wonderful colors of blue, indigo, and violet, from its wave-washed shore. The grand tropical scenery gradually 
draws to you, culminating at your very feet in growths too complex, too dense to be invaded, and sheltering behind 
its screen of leaves and branches those wonderful tropic mysteries with which the island is filled and seem more won- 
derful from the fact that we know so little about them. 

Retracing your steps toward nightfall, and winding down the same path, you arrive once more on this living stage ; 
but what a change in the setting of the scenery since you left it early in the day ! The sun has dropped behind the 
dense banks of blue, and the afterglow, which only the tropics can furnish, has spread itself over land and sea, in 
colors which cannot be described, but onJy treasured in the memory. Tell me, you jaded traveler, or you whose visit to 
the tropics is counted as your first, ' -' Vi i jil wt '- --j L-t ^°^ ^^^ island of Jamaica worth traveling far to see ? 

The great charm of the islaij^^PB^^HJ^^^^^^^t _ ^ - -^ lies in the beautiful roads, which are simply mag- 



nificent for automobiling and bi 
built and furnished, and with 
interest can be easily reached 
drive. From Port Antonio" 
Road, so-called, to Blue Hole, 




cycling. From the numerous hotels, artistically 
a first-class cuisine, nearly all the points of 
from the different towns in a forenoon or day's 
there is a beautiful drive along the Leeward 

which can be continued thnuph Manchioneal, 



PORT MARIA 




THE 
ROAD TO MQORETOWN 



Bowden. Port Morant, and so around to Kingston, — a distance of about seventy miles. Another beautiful drive is the one 
to Golden Vale Plantation and Winsor, distant from Port Antonio about eight miles. Driving up the Windward Road a 
series of outings can be had to Hope Bay, Buff Bay, and also to Annotto Bay, and from there to Castleton Gardens, con- 
tinuing if desired to Kingston. , , 

All these drives are of surpassing loveliness, some of them along a magnificent stretch of shore swept by the never 
ceasing surf rolling in from the Caribbean. Others through magnificent mountain gorges, rising on some 
trips to a height of three thousand feet in a distance of twelve to fourteen miles. A number of 
them follow the courses of the beautiful rivers abounding on the island, giving at every turn most 
picturesque views of cascades and quiet stretches of water, overhung with luxuriant growths 
of bamboo, palm, and vines of every description. 

Leaving Port Antonio by the morning train for Annotto Bay, one of the most 
beautiful outings on the island can be enjoyed. A delightful road runs from this point 
into Port Maria, nine miles distant, — a most charming little town located in an in- 
dentation of the coast in the center of some of the most prolific cocoanut 
plantations on the island. From this point the road follows the coast in and 
out around the shoulders of the hills, crosses the heads of numerous tropical 
gorges, overhung its entire length with the foliage which everywhere 
abounds, and passes through the picturesque town of Ora Cabessa 
and Dry Harbor, arriving after an entrancing drive of twenty- 
six miles at the delightful town of Ocho Rios. There is 
a pleasant family hotel here, situated in full view 
of the Caribbean, and from this point a num- 
ber of unrivaled excursions can be made. 
A short drive of perl'aps half an hour 
takes one to the chief curiosity of this 



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PORT ANTONIO 
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town, the famous Roaring River Falls, whicli here descend from a fieiglit of perhaps seventy-five feet in a succession of 
cascades and waterfalls of all shapes and sizes, joining at the base in a tumultuous flow of pure, limpid water. The 
peculiarity of these falls lies in the fact that the water, which is heavily charged with lime, is continually building up 
new barriers over which it has to find a new passage. The entire face of the falls is overhung with a massive growth 
of palm-trees, vines and vegetation of every description, rendering them doubly charming by nature of their environment. 

Continuing from this point, a drive of some fourteen miles brings us to the parish of St. Anns, which contains natural 
beauties without end, as well as a number of spots made historic by former occupants of the island. The charming 
part, however, of this little seaside town lies in the wonderful Fern Gully, and the drive is most profitably made when 
leaving this beautiful spot on the return journey. The Gully, so-called on account of the luxuriant growth of 
ferns which it contains, is a natural open tunnel running through the mountains for a distance of about six 
miles at a continually increasing altitude, giving in its turnings a wonderful succession of 

surprises, each one seemingly more beautiful isJHJ^^Kk than those which preceded it. 

Continuing, the traveler comes to the jmS^BKK^,.^ \\\X\e town of Moneague, charm- 
ingly situated among the hills, and boast- 'f'^^'^S^^KBIS^ '"8 °'^ ^ S°°'^ hotel. 



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From this point a most beautiful morning ride can be taken to Ewarton 

Station, passing over Mount Diablo, which is considered by some one of 

the finest view places on the island. At Ewarton the railroad can be taken 

either northward to Port Antonio, the point of departure, or in the opposite 

direction to Kingston, the capital of the island. 

Mention should be made here of the negro population, which of 
course far exceeds the white race in numbers, and also the East India 
coolies, who have been brought here under contract to work on the plan- 
tations. They will be met with in every direction on the road by the traveler, 
singly and in groups, and add probably the most picturesque feature to the country, 
in which it would seem that nature had already outdone herself. 

The orange section of the island is located around the little town of Mandeville, and is preferred by a 
great many visitors to the island on account of the high, dry, cool air. The scenery, while lacking much 
of the tropical luxuriance which prevails on the northern and eastern sides of the island, takes on more of the" 
beauty of the English pastoral landscape. The railroad from Kingston, which passes within seven miles of 
this place, continues on to the wonderfully beautiful town of Montego Bay, which is considered, next to 
Port Antonio, the most charming harbor on the coast. 

Much more could be said in this article of the charms which greet 
the traveler at every turn, notably the magnificent Blue Mountain 
Peak, which rises nearly seventy-five hundred feet above the sea^ 
and is covered with coffee plantations. Half-way up its side is.-:: 
Newcastle, where are located the barracks of the English troops 
which are quartered here. 

Bog Walk, on the line of the railroad between Kingston 
and Port Antonio, is connected with the little hamlet of Spanish- 
town, and should not be left out of the traveler's itinerary. 

Castleton Gardens, claimed to be the finest botanical gardens 
in the world, and the hot springs of Bath, will, in connection with 




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A COOLIE 
HOLIDAY 



what has already been stated, fill the time of the traveler's stay here to the 
utmost with a never ending succession of charm and delight, and make the 
departure from these summer shores a regret which can be tempered 
with the thought that perhaps another year a revisit can be made to the 
island of Jamaica. 




SCHOOL CHILDREN 

OP 

PORT ANTONIO 



Distances. — Boston to Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1588 miles; Boston to Port Morant, Jamaica, 1638 miles; Phila- 
delphia to Port Antonio, 1400 miles; Philadelphia to Port Morant, 1450 miles; Baltimore to Port Antonio, 1350 miles; 
Baltimore to Port Morant, 1400 miles. 

Average Time of Passage to Jamaica. — Four days and twenty hours. 

When to visit Jamaica. — The tourist travel to Jamaica is at its heaviest between October 1 and May 1, although 
many people visit the island during the summer. 

Return Sailings from Jamaica. — It is impossible to fix a definite time for return sailings, but the return voyage 
is made as soon as cargo is loaded, which is usually from 36 to 48 hours after arrival. Knowledge of return sailings 
can be ascertained from any office of the Company in Jamaica in sufficient time to make necessary connections, and 
the importance is impressed upon-the tourist of either booking his return passage before leaving the northern port or as 
soon after his arrival as it is possible to do so. 

On Shipboard. — The "Admiral" steamships operated by this Company between Boston, Philadelphia, and Jamaica, 
are American built twin-screw vessels and are especially adapted to tropical travel. The " Brookline" and " Barnstable," 
especially adapted for tourist travel, are in service between Baltimore and Jamaica. They have commodious promenade 
decks, cool and airy, well-ventilated staterooms situated on the main and hurricane decks amidships, thus insuring a 
minimum of sea motion. The dining saloon is located on the main deck, well forward of the engine room and removed 
from all disagreeable odors incident. Bath-rooms are supplied with fresh or sea water and are at the disposal of the 
passengers at all times. 

The table is made an especial feature on these boats and is supplied with every delicacy the northern and tropical 
markets afford. 

The ships are furnished throughout with a perfect system of electric lighting and steam heating. 

The stewards and waiters are unremitting in their duties and everything is done for the comfort and convenience of 
the passengers. 



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Passengers holding return tickets and intending to remain over at Jamaica are expected to leave the steamer at 
Port Antonio, which is the outward terminus of the route. 

Steamers for return may be taken either at Port Antonio, Kingston, or Bowden. 

Money Values The relative value between our own and the money of the island is about two to one in favor of the 

English coin. An English penny is worth 2 cents, a shilling is 25 cents, and an English pound figures with exchange at about 
$4.90. The various offices of this Company also issue the American Express Company's travelers' checks when desired. 

Information for Passengers. — Two adults are placed in each room by the Company. One adult, or one adult and 
one child, desiring an entire room during the height of the traveling season will be charged two full fares. Excursion tickets, 
unless especially limited, are available for six months from date of issue. Children between six and twelve years, half fare. 
Only one child under six years free of charge. Children and nurses take their meals at the second table. 

Passengers' Baggage. — Passengers' baggage can be sent to the pier a few days in advance, and will be kept in the 
baggage-room there at the owners' risk until claimed. All baggage must be marked plainly with the name of the passenger 
and steamer. Cabin passengers are allowed 150 pounds of baggage free. Baggage in excess of this allowance will be 
charged for at freight rates ; but neither merchandise, specie, bullion, valuables, wines, nor stores will be carried as bag- 
gage. Tags and labels can be obtained from the Company's agents and at the pier. Passengers will be careful to leave 
their baggage only in charge of the Company's servants, and be particular to have money, jewelry, or other valuables placed 
only in charge of the Purser, who will issue a receipt and deposit the articles in the ship's safe, otherwise this Company will 
not be responsible for any loss. No baggage will be put aboard ship until checked by passenger, steamer trunks and 
small packages for stateroom use excepted ; and these should be plainly marked by cabin label. 

Dogs and Birds. — Dogs and birds are charged for at the rate of $5 each dog and $2 each bird. Dogs and birds not 
allowed in cabin. 

Bicycles. — Bicycles will be carried at owners' risk, free, but must be crated. 

Articles wanted during Voyage. — Articles wanted during voyage should be put in a valise or steamer trunk. 

Steamer Chairs. — Steamer chairs can be rented upon application to the Purser. Rental is $ 1 for each chair for the trip. 

Dutiable Goods. — As Jamaica is an English port, all baggage is subject to inspection by foreign officials. Personal 
baggage is exempt from duty, and the officials are courteous and considerate. A reasonable amount of tobacco and liquor 
is allowed to be taken home, free of duty, "for personal use," particulars of which are posted on the ships of the Company. 
The opportunity to make purchases in the shops is most unusual, and all dress goods being much cheaper than at home. 



PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR PASSENGERS 




)N important factor is winter clothing for the first thirty-six hours at sea. The heavy overcoat will be 
found a necessity at the start, but after that time will be discarded. Ladies will find their cloth capes 
very convenient, and a steamer rug is among the necessities. Once arrived at the island, however, 
the lighter clothing is needed, the ordinary summer attire is in order, but on some of the cooler eve- 
nings a light wrap will be found convenient. Light woolen under-garments will be found desirable and somewhat of 
a necessity, in preventing chills after the perspiration incidental to the tropics. A good supply of underwear will be 
found necessary. A few light skirts, with shirt waists of the usual fabric used in the north, and one light silk dress 
for evening wear at the hotel, will be found sufficient for the ordinary visitor. A light mackintosh is also quite 
likely to be needed. A light-weight traveling hat comes in very handy. Do not take kid gloves, as they will 
not stand the damp atmosphere ; any other material is preferable. A decollete evening gown will be found 
convenient in some instances, in case of an invitation to dinner. Gentlemen, of course, will take their light 
summer suits with outing shirts, but the light duck suit can be purchased much cheaper on the island than at 
home. It is optional whether to take the dress suit or not, but if one is carried, there will usually be found 
a use for it. 

_.^:-.j^,r, There is an excellent laundry at the hotel at Port Antonio, but on other 

parts of the island the situation is problematical. At the same 
,,.-^j., . ,-.- tin^g^ the ordinary washing can usually be taken care of. 

!^V All the light summer goods can be bought and made up at 
either Kingston or Port Antonio at remarkably low prices. 
The tailors and dressmakers there will be found both reliable 
and accommodating. A duck suit can be made up for $4.50. 




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Length of Trip. — The question of what to see depends on the tinne and proposed expense of the trip. In the 
briefest possible visit one stays over a single steamer, and, being absent nineteen days, has nine days on the island, but 
by returning on same steamer time can be reduced to twelve days. > 

Railway Trains. — There are approximately two trains per day each way from various principal points. Time-tables 
are to be had at hotel offices. The usual railway charges are about four cents per mile first class and tv/o cents per 
mile third class. 

Souvenir Collecting. — One of the chief delights of the visitor will be found in the great variety of curiosities at 
very low prices, and of artistic as well as intrinsic value. The chief objects of interest are the strings of vari-colored seeds, 
which can be purchased at from" nine pence to a shilling a string, according to length. The ippi-appi hats should be among 
the first investments, to wear while on the island. Have them trimmed with the bark of the lace tree. One should 
also bring back the native Kola wine. Pimento dram, Kananga water, and some of the coolie-made jewelry. Linen, summer 
flannel, and all dress goods can be obtained here very much below American prices. 




PHOTOGRAPHY "^^^ tourist who goes to Jamaica without a camera will sadly regret it, as the 

^^iz=;=:::=^^^^^^^=:zzz= island is one continuous succession of pictures ; but a few timely suggestions will save 

the amateur much disappointment on return if they are followed. Exposures should not 
be made under the sunlight if it can possibly be avoided, and as there is hardly an hour in the day when the sky is not filled 
with small clouds, a few minutes' waiting will usually give the diffused light necessary. Contrary to the generally conceived 
idea, the light in Jamaica is not so strong as in our northern latitudes, and a slightly longer exposure is necessary to obtain 
the same results as would be obtained at home. An exposure of one-twenty-fifth second, which in the north would be 
sufficient, can safely be prolonged to one-fifth of a second on the island. Plates should not be developed or any attempt 
made at it on the island, as it is impossible to dry them with good results ; but if carefully packed they will suffer no 
injury, and come out at home in perfect condition. 



A fee should never exceed one shilling (twenty-five cents) for services rendered, and sixpence (twelve cents) is more 
usual. Oftentimes three-pence (six cents) will answer the purpose. 

Representatives of the United Fruit Company may be found at the following ports : St. Ann's Bay, Ora Cabessa 
Bay, Port Maria, Annotto Bay, Buff Bay, Orange Bay, Hope Bay, St. Margaret's Bay, Port Antonio (headquarters), 
Manchioneal, Port Morant, Morant Bay, Kingston. 

Mail and Cable Address. — Persons visiting the island should have all mail and 
cables addressed " Care United Fruit Company, Port Antonio, Jamaica." Mail 
can be forwarded from this address to parties touring through the island. 
The cost of postage is five cents per half-ounce for letters, and one 
cent per two ounces for papers. The expense of cabling is forty- 
eight cents per word. Cable addresses : Boston, " Banana " ; 
New York, " Banana" ; Philadelphia, " Banana " ; Balti-_.iBis 
more, " Banana" ; " Baker," Port Antonio. Letters,, 
are received five days from date of sailing from 
Boston, and four days from Baltimore and Phila- 
delphia. The time required for unloading a 
steamer usually allows for a reply to letters onj 
the return trip of the same steamer. 

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TOUR ONE 




I HE trips given in Tour One are for tourists staying over one steamer only, giving nine days on the island. The 
usual time to arrive is Monday morning, the time of sailing is practically unchanged. 

First Day. — Tourists landing at Port Antonio will go to the Titchfield Hotel in carriages which v/iU 
meet the steamer, where they will find every convenience for their comfort. One of the finest features of 
Port Antonio is the exceptional sea-bathing, considered the best in the West Indies; the temperature is 83°, and nothing 
more delightful can be conceived. Bath-houses and bathing-suits are connected with the hotel, and boats are in readiness 
at the foot of the hill to convey tourists to the bathhouses at all times. After luncheon, the usual method of procedure is 
to take a drive to Blue Hole along the eastern coast, giving a charming series of views. 

Second Day. — A very charming drive, leaving the hotel at 8.30 a.m., is up what is called the "windward road" 
to St. Margaret's Bay. which can be easily taken and return in time for luncheon, crossing the Rio Grande River about 
three miles out and giving a beautiful view of one of the most charming stretches of water on the island. 

Third Day. —The Swift River drive, which is considered one of the most charming on the island, can well be taken 
now, leaving the hotel at about 8 a.m., and returning at 3 p.m. The drive winds up through the valley of the Swift 
River, giving most beautiful views, both of the mountains, and the gorge through which the river runs. 

Fourth Day. — Take the early morning train to Annotto Bay, at which place carriages will be in readiness for 
the drive to Gastleton Gardens, distant twelve miles, and considered the finest botanical gardens in the world. Arriving 
here at about noon, luncheon can be eaten and a short rest taken, driving back to Annotto Bay in ample time to take the 
train to Port Antonio. 

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Fifth Day. — The tourist will probably be somewhat fatigued by the drives in the four preceding days, and this Friday 
can be well and easily spent in and around Port Antonio, as there are a number of sights well worth seeing, — the 
market, Titchfield fort and barracks, and the native stores, at which many unique souvenirs can be obtained. 



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Sixth Day. — It will be advisable to take the early morning train on Sat- 
urday to Kingston. After seeing the sights of the city take the electric cars to 
Constant Springs Hotel, spending Sunday there. 

Eighth Day. — Take the early morning train from Kingston to Spanish 
Town, and after seeing the several points of interest in the old town, which in- 
clude the little church and Rodney Memorial, take the carriage drive along the 
Rio Cobre River to Bog Walk, one of the most charming drives on the island ; return 
Ing from there on the afternoon train to Kingston. 

Ninth Day. — Take the steamer, which is scheduled to leave Kingston at 7.30 on Tuesday morning, stopping at 
Bowden, where she finally clears for Boston. 




WEST STREET 
PORT ANTONIO 



TOUR TWO 




HIS tour is laid out in what seems to be the best manner for the visitor who can stay over two steamers, 
giving eighteen days on the island. Would recommend that Tour One be followed up to the fifth day. and 
from there continue as follows : — 

Sixth Day. — Take the early morning train at Port Antonio for Buff Bay, arranging to have carriages 

meet the party at that point from Annotto Bay. At Buff Bay drive up the valley of the Buff Bay 

River to Friendship Gap, with Kingston on one side and the north shore of Jamaica on the other. 

The writer considers this, without exception, the finest drive on the island, and one least 

taken by tourists. It should not be missed, even if others are left out. If this trip is taken 

as recommended (on Saturday), nine miles up the valley will be found the Jigger Foot 

market, one of the most picturesque and quaint spots to be found on the island. 

This drive conveys the traveler three thousand feet above the level of the 

„, I-'_sea, up a steady but easy grade, giving the best viev/ of the mountains 

';- to be obtained anywhere. 





Seventh Day. — Rest in Port Antonio and visit the 
English church. It will well repay the trouble. 

Eighth Day. — Take the early morning train to Albany, 

at which point, having arranged for carriages, drive through 

Port Maria and along the north coast of the island to Ocho 

Rios, stopping at Sylvia Lawn Hotel. This drive will be found 

delightful from start to finish, passing through Ora Cabessa, 

THE '""-^sW**?^)!^- ^^''•^:7n^.v^-- Rio Novo, and White River. 

^Ros^smr'^r .• . , ' Ni'^t^ ^ay-- Drive to White River Cascade, about six miles 

CROssma f.^m tne hotel, giving a view of one of the most charming falls of water on the island. The color oUhe 

water is nearly white, owing to the large quantity of lime carried in deposit, which makes the effect of 

the falls more charming. 

Tenth Day -Drive in the morning to Roaring River Falls, three miles from the hotel, beautifully 
situated in the midst of a rank growth of palms and falling from a height of about one hundred feet • con- 
sidered the most picturesque falls on the island. Return in time for luncheon, and in the afternoon 'drive 
hrough the famous Fern Gully, an opening through the mountains nearly three miles in length and lined with 
ferns of every description, to Moneague, and stay at the Moneague Hotel over night. 

Eleventh Day. - Leave Moneague Hotel early in the morning in order to cross Mount Diabolo at 
sunrise, getting a most beautiful effect of the clouds and mist rising over the mountains. Arriving at 
Ewarton. take the morning train to Bog Walk and drive from there to Spanish Town, taking the afternoon 
train into Kingston, stopping at Constant Springs Hotel over night. 

Twelfth Day. -Take the morning train to Montego Bay. It will well repay the visit, being most 
beautifully situated on the northwest coast, giving some of the finest tropical views to be found on the island 
Stop here over the thirteenth day. 



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Fourteenth Day. — Return from Montego Bay to Mandeville, in the midst of the orange country, a 
charming English town and having a number of very beautiful drives, v/hich will be found enumerated in 
another part of this book. 

Fifteenth Day. — Stay at Mandeville over the fifteenth and sixteenth days. 

Seventeenth Day. — Return to Kingston by train and spend the remaining time in and about the 
city, visiting the different points of interest, which will be found enumerated in another part of the book, 
and meet the steamer on her arrival at Kingston on the eighteenth. 






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TRIP TO BLUE MOUNTAIN PEAK 



If the visitor can spare the time or take it from some of the other trips which have been arranged, 
the excursion to the top of Blue Mountain Peak is probably the most interesting on the island. It re- 
quires two days, and most of the way is made on donkeys' backs. The usual method in making the 
trip is to start on the first day and go as far as Abbey Green, the finest coffee plantation ,:■■,•• ..-.i.-i;, .-:..: 
on the island, and stop there over night, making the trip to the top of the mountains i-"''''^^'^&^^''f^'^^^- 

the next day. The rest house at the summit has been put in perfect shape to stay 
over night, and, if one wishes, he can stop there. At Newcastle, through 
which the visitor will pass, is the English militia encampment, and the 
view from there is very fine. Provisions should be carried for 




SUSPENSION BRIDGE 
OVER SWIFT RIVER 



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hanging around the peak, considLab.e Zp e s T^ be enc^^^^^^^^ .s a, i,e necessary, for if the clouds should be 

found in the hut and the key can be obtained at the F rr^ Hi lest" six Z7' 'T^'^' '"' '°°''"^ "*^"^''^ "'" '^ 
be found at Gordon Town The road while narrow TnT "'" ^'*^''' '"^ "^''^^ f''°'^ ^^e summit. Ponies and mules can 
scenery on the entire trip is on a sc Je If ma' Znce h ' fT"' " "'" "''' '"' '^"'^^"^ ^^^^ *° ^ ^ood rider. The 
.hich can be compared lith Z ^ V::!^^^;^::^'^::' '" '^^^^^^^^^^-^'^^ ^^^^ 
passes through Guava Ridge, a distance of four miles, at an elevation of 
nearly three thousand feet. He then crosses Yallahs River and comes to 
Farm Hill. Newcastle, where the British troops are encamped, will be 
seen on the left. Next comes Whitfield Hall and Abbey Green four 
thousand feet high. The temperature now becomes decidedly lower 
At an elevation of six thousand feet cultivation is left behind and 
the virgin forest is encountered. A cold wind, likened to an 

October day in New England, blows across the road and 

sends the blood tingling through the veins. It is said ice '•''■ 

sometimes forms near and at the peak. Arriving . «':^iT, 

at the summit, the whole island of Jamaica 

lies spread at the feet,— hills rising 

beyond hills until they vanish in 

the distance, and closed by 

a most charming sunset. ;' 

As darkness comes on, 

the lights of Kingston 

appear, far, far 

below. 



ON THE 
■WINDWARD ROAD 




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TOUR THREE 

5HIS tour is so laid out that the visitor may see something of the north coast beyond Port Antonio and 
also of the interior. This itinerary covers Port Antonio to Albany by train and carriage to St. Ann's by the 
Roaring River Falls and Ocho Rios, returning by the Fern Gully, Ewarton, and Mount Diabolo to Kingston. 
Total cost, including railroad fare, 405. each for a party of three, not including board and lodging. White 
River Falls may be taken in on this trip if desired. 

Leave Port Antonio on the 6.30 train to Albany, at which point carriages will meet the party, arrangements 
for which can be made by telegraphing Mr. Mesquita at Ocho Rios, or by arranging for the Fruit Company's carriages 
at Annotto Bay. The first eight miles to Port Maria is really the most arduous part of the trip, being a continual ascent 
for the first half and a corresponding drop into Port Maria the other. The night can be spent at Port Maria if desired, 
although the writer drove through to Ocho Rios, arriving there at 1.30. The drive from Port Maria is entirely along the 
coast, there being hardly a mile at any time when the sea is not in full view. The visitor passes through the towns of 
Ora Cabessa, Rio Novo, and Retreat. 

On the second day drive to St. Ann's, over a magnificent coast road, returning in the afternoon in time for supper. 
About twenty minutes' drive off the main road in St. Ann's will be found " Trenant," Julian Hawthorne's residence when 
there. Also the remains of the Priory church. 

Third Day. — Drive to Moneague from Ocho Rios, passing through the famous Fern Gully, and stop at the Moneague 
Hotel over night. Early the next morning drive over Mount Diabolo and take the morning train to Kingston. 

TOUR FOUR 



■ HIS tour covers the itinerary of a trip around the island, with Port Antonio as a starting-point. 

First Day. — Take the early morning train to Kingston, stopping at Bog Walk. Drive through the 
valley of the Rio Cobre to Spanish Town and return to Kingston by the afternoon train. 

Second Day. — Take the morning train to Williamsfield, at which point a pleasant drive of four and one 
half miles takes one to Mandeville, where will be found a good hotel and several lodging-houses. A day can be well spent 
here. Continue from Williamsfield to Montpelier, passing through a part of the famous Cockpit country, reaching Montpelier 




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in the early afternoon, Montpelier Hotel will be found very corr.fortable. Continue on from Montpelier to Montego Bay, 
most delightfully situated at the end of the railroad and presenting a most beautiful view. Carriages will be found here for 
driving, and the parish church is well worth visiting on account of the monument erected to Rose Palmer. From there 
drive to Lucea Bay, containing one of the most delightful harbors on the island. Drive to St. Ann's Bay via Dry Harbor 
or Browns Town, passing through Runaway Bay and Dry Harbor. From St. Ann's drive to Ocho Rios, and from this 
point continue on through Port Maria to Albany, and from there take the train to Port Antonio. 

TOUR FIVE 




[ROM Kingston around the eastern end of the island to Yallahs and Morant Bay. This is a coast drive 
entirely. First point of interest is the little town of Yallahs, and the next stopping-place is Morant Bay, from 
which place large quantities of bananas are shipped. Twelve miles farther on is the little town of Port Morant, 
at which place the Boston steamers usually clear. Six miles beyond, the famous town of Bath is reached, 
noted for its hot springs. Good accommodations for lodgings can be found, and visitors usually stay here over night. At 
this point the trip to Port Antonio can be continued along the coast or through the Cuna-Cuna Gap to Mooretown, and 
from there to Port Antonio. This way leads through one of the wildest parts of the island. The drive around the coast to 
Port Antonio is thirty-eight miles, giving beautiful views of the coast and surf nearly the entire trip. 




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A RIVER VALLEY OF THE INTERIOR 




NEW HOTEL AT PORT ANTONIO 
JAMAICA 





the ocean. 



^HE location on Titchfield Hill which has been selected for the new hotel to be built at Port Antonio in 
Jama.ca, of which Messrs, Ainslie and Grabow of the New Ocean House, Swampscott will be the 
managers, has been decided upon after several years of careful study of various sites in the island of Jamaica. 
Port Antonio is en the northern coast of Jamaica, and is the first stopping-place after a sail of four days on 

whirh R 77 ""y/fl °^ ""''•''' ^'"'' '^'"^ *° "•'■■"'' °"^'^ ^**^"*'°" '= *^ '°f'y P^3k of Blue Mountain, 

wh ch .s seventy-three hundred feet high, over one thousand feet higher than Mount Washington, and green to the top 
In the distance can also be seen the long range of the John Crow Mountains, so-called in Jamaica, which have several very 
high peaks, comparing more than favorably with the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Sailing closer to the island 
one w 1 notice that these mountains, which at first seemed to be in the foreground, are very far distant, being over twenty 
miles rom the shore The next thing to be seen from the deck is a bright light, which is soon found to be that of Folly 
Point lighthouse at the entrance to Port Antonio harbor. Inside of five minutes after the steamer passes between Titchfield 
H.ll and Bakers Island, and after a voyage of over sixteen hundred miles, the passengers are landed at the foot of a hill 
Ashort circling drive brings one to the top of the hill, where will stand the new hotel, a show place of American enter- 
prise, from which point an extended and unobstructed view of water and mountains can be had on every side 

h ■^.'^'V^^u^Tur.fj '""^ "^'" P"""'"" °^ '^' "^""^ ^°"^"' ^'^'^^ '^ *° ^^ '^ft and used as an annex to the new 
building, the old Titchfield Hotel has been torn down, and the new structure containing two hundred sleeping rooms with 
sixty private baths will occupy its site. Starting with a foundation of concrete, the whole basement will be laid with three 
inches of cement, making it sanitary in every way. On the first floor will be found the kitchen, and to the right the dining 
room finished in blue and white, will have a seating capacity of three hundred people. There wilfalso be a dining piazza 
which will easily accommodate one hundred and fifty people. Dining out-of-doors is a great feature of life in Jamaica and is 
especially popular among the tourists. The foyer, with trimmings of natural oak stained green, will be over eighty feet long 
and in his space will be located the cable office, post-office, general office, and a large room for curios. To the left woi 
be the ladies reception room, twenty-six by fifty-four, and finished in green and white. Opening from the ladies' reception 
room IS a ladies writing room, which will be furnished in blue and white, and immediately adjoining will be a small private 



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HOTEL TITCHFIELD, PORT ANTONIO 



parlor to be done in rose and gold. Connecting v/ith the ladies' reception room will be the ball room, fifty by sixty. In 
the left wing will be a large billiard and amusement room, which will contain American billiards, pool, bagatelle and Eng- 
lish billiards. The center wing will bs used for the gentlemen's reading room, bureau of information, barber shop, lavato- 
ries and Dutch room. The height of the ceiling on the first floor will be fourteen feet, and the piazza, stretching along three 
sides of the house, will be over eight hundred feet in length and from sixteen to twenty-six feet in width. The floors will be 
of hardwood throughout ; the hotel will be completely lighted by electricity, have its own cold storage, plunger elevator, 
and every contrivance suited to the needs of a modern hostelry. Special attention will be paid to carrying out everything 



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in harmony with the tropical climate. The rooms, which are all large and airy, will have two windows and a fine view of 
the water. The door of every sleeping room will be made of lattice, so as to allow a free circulation of air, and the build- 
ing will be screened from top to bottom. 

The Hotel Titchfield is named for the Marquis of Titchfield, whose son, the Duke of Portland, did a great deal for the 
island of Jamaica, and the inhabitants, wishing to honor their benefactor, named one of the parishes after him, the Parish 
of Portland, in which Port Antonio is located. The Titchfield coat of arms, which will be used upon the stationery, linen, 
and china, shows the two branches of the House, Cavendish- Bentinck. 

No one can appreciate the delightful location which has been decided upon for this hotel without making the trip to 
Jamaica himself, nor can he form any idea of the wealth of tropical scenery and the grandeur of each outlook until he visits 
the island and receives his own impression. The rich coloring of the trees and flowers, which are continually fresh and 
green, owing to the frequent showers, is in every way a marvel to the traveler, who leaves Boston, New York, or Philadelphia 
on a cold winter's morning and four days afterward wakes up in midsummer. Situated on the hilltop of the slender penin- 
sula shown in the accompanying picture, the hotel with its broad piazzas and lofty cupolas will in time shade thousands of 
tourists, who can here rest and look into the Caribbean Sea. 




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A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE 
ISLAND 





SHORT resume of the island of Jamaica, as regards its climate, natural topography, and the inhabitants, will 

no doubt prove of interest to the tourist, who is looking for the curious and the interesting. Jamaica is very 

fortunately situated in regard to its climate, lying as it does directly behind the island of Cuba to the south, 

and is thereby protected to a great extent from the cold and variable winds which have a habit of sweeping 

down from the frozen north on very short notice, and making the lives of the native inhabitants miserable while they last. 

The island is about one hundred and forty miles long, running east and west, and is divided through a greater part 
of its length by the Blue Mountain range, which culminates at its highest point in a peak rising seventy-five hundred 
feet above the level of the sea, from which foot-hills sweep to the water on both sides, to which the great charm of the 
island from a picturesque point is due. This mountain range is responsible for the great variety of vegetation and climate 
which can be found here. On the north coast, so called, where Port Antonio is situated, rain is very abundant, and in 
consequence the rich tropical scenery, so much admired by visitors, is here found in its grandest luxuriance. On the 
other side of the mountain, where lies Kingston, the capital, the rainfall is very much less and the landscape presents a 
totally different appearance. The air, moreover, is apparently much drier and is preferred by many people. 

A railroad, seventy-six miles in length, connects Port Antonio and Kingston, running through the mountains, and 
owing to the large number of tunnels necessary in its construction, affords probably as picturesque a piece of construction as 
can easily be found. From Kingston another line of railroad runs northwest to Montego Bay, which is at the extreme end 
of the island in that direction, a most beautiful spot and one which should surely be visited, although a little out of the beaten 
track of the traveler. 

In passing over this line of railroad the so-called " pens " peculiar to Jamaica, and which are used for the raising of 
cattle and grazing purposes, may be seen. The road also passes through the famous cock-pit country, one of the most 
desolate tracts that can be imagined, and the greater part of it unexplored. 

Both east and west from Montego Bay are some of the most charming little harbors and towns on the whole island. 
Notably among them are Lucea Bay, to the westward, and Brownstown and St. Ann's Bay to the eastward. A fine road 



runs around the island, and a great many visitors arrange in their 
itinerary to drive over it, a trip which usually occupies from ten days 
to two weeks. 

Along the entire line of the railroad between Port Antonio and 

Kingston are many charming spots, — Spanish Town, which retains 

nearly its original picturesqueness, Ewarton, from which point Mon- 

eague and the famous Fern Gully can be reached, and Bog Walk, 

the terminus of a short drive from Spanish Town, together with a 

number of other places equally good. Continuing eastward from 

Port Antonio the entire country is one vision of delight. The 

visitor passes through Bath, Bowden, and Port Morant, all 

centers of the banana and cocoanut industries, and the 

drive can be taken through to Kingston. 




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Once established at Kingston a number of fine trips are open for the choice of the visitor. The most 
important is that to Newcastle and the top of Blue Mountain, of which mention has been made in another part 
of this book. One of the most delightful drives possible to conceive, however, is that to Castleton Botanic 
Gardens, said to be the finest tropical gardens in existence. The distance is nineteen miles, and should be 
taken as an all-day trip. One passes Constant Spring and the Mona estates with their old chimneys and 
ruined sugar buildings, and as the elevation becomes higher the air grows fresher, the foliage greener, and the 
view far more extended. The road is one of the finest on the island, and offers a never ending living panorama. 
You will see here tobacco, sago, ginger, tamarinds, hillsides covered with magnificent ferns, and a view un- 
surpassed in magnificence, culminating in Blue Mountain Peak. The gardens themselves contain a complete 
collection of tropical plants and trees. Everything is arranged in most exquisite taste, and around the entire 
place flow the clear, cool waters of the Wagwater River. There is a charming little arbor where parties can 
eat lunch, and a delightful place for bathing. 

Another instructive trip out of Kingston is that to the famous historic town of Port Royal, at the entrance 
to the harbor, and although there is not much left of the old town but the fishermen's huts, the turtle crawl and 
the boat slip to recall the wealth of the olden days, the old church to be found here is very interesting. 

The visitor to Jamaica should not leave Kingston without paying a visit to Mandeville. the center of the 
orange country, lying about seven miles off the railroad at an elevation of twenty-five hundred feet. It is a 
charming little town, presenting in many respects the features of an English country village. The finest 
oranges on the island come from here. The town excels in the raising of coffee, and is one of the favorite 
resorts for visitors on the island. 

Mention should especially be made of the trips up the several river courses between Port Antonio and Annotto 
Bay. It is difficult to say which is the finer, but for grandeur and beauty of scenery, luxuriance of vegetation 
and primitive condition of the native population, they easily excel anything to be found. The one nearest to 
Port Antonio is Swift River. This can be easily taken the entire distance from Port Antonio by carriage 
The beauty of the scenery begins immediately you leave the coast at the river's mouth and start inland The 
grade is constantly ascending, and the landscape grows grander and wilder as one proceeds. The river is constantly 
with you, adding to the charm. The Buff River drive is probably the finest on the island, and no description of 
it could be too extravagant, or do the trip justice. As with the Swift River drive, the entrance to the valley at 
Buff Bay, where the start is made from the railroad station, is almost theatrical. The road immediately enters the 



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valley around a high and precipitous cliff, and follows the course of the river for some three miles, when it comes to a 
broadening of the water and is forded by the carriages. At this point it is spanned for foot passengers by a most 
beautifully constructed suspension bridge. The magnificent color of the water, which is of an indescribable green, 
the reflection of the bridge and the disposition of the mountains rising one beyond the other in the blue distance 
make this spot one to linger long in memory. There is nothing in Jamaica to quite equal it. It is a charming spot 
to stop for lunch, and the tourist should cross the bridge on foot and rejoin the carriage on the farther side. From 
this point on the scenery grows superb. At several points, far down in the bed of the river will be seen remarkably 
picturesque bamboo bridges, constructed by the natives. They will be overlooked unless a sharp eye is kept out 
for them ; but once seen, it is well worth the while to leave the road and climb down to the bed of the river and in- 
spect them at close range, when the absolute uniqueness of them will be appreciated. Some few miles farther on, and 
the isolated, quaint Jigger- Foot market is reached, standing close beside the road, on the river's bank, and the center, 
on Saturday, of the rural populaticn fcr several miles around here, who rarely leave this, their native valley. In fact 

the people here are in an absolutely un- 
spoiled condition, and the change from the 
""■-■'^i^^^; ■ ' ■ attitude of the population in the larger 

towns as regards the tourists is refreshing. 
After leaving the market, the culmi- 
nating grandeur of the trip begins. The 
road now becomes less traveled, the curves 
are more abrupt, and the grade heavier. 
At places the road may be seen in two and 
three tiers above on the mountain side, 
and there are several places where con- 
versation may be held between parties 
separated by about three hundred feet of 
space, and yet ten minutes apart by the 
road. There are places here where the 
ravine drops five hundred feet sheer down 



THE COAST ROAD AT PORT MARIA 




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from the road and where the turns are so sharp the leading horse of a tandem would be out of sight of the carriage 
in making the turn. Beautiful waterfalls come down the mountain side, and passing under the road in most beautiful 
cascades, throw a continual shower of spray over the banana leaves and fronds of the palms which overhang everything. 
Far up the mountain side the banana cultivation extends, growing in places where it seems almost impossible that the foot 
of man could obtain a hold, much less that he could reach and harvest the fruit. Beautiful clumps of bamboo are interspersed 
over the mountairi.igidg^,.^;appearing in the distance like great bunches of ostrich feathers. Depending from the cliffs 

;along the road are masses of begonias, all alight with blossoms, making the fingers itch 
U^with the desire to pick them. Finally, at a distance of fourteen miles from the 
entrance, you arrive at the summit of the pass, and obtain a view of the island 
sheer to the sea on both sides which is so grand that any description of it 
•.y would convey no idea to the traveler of the sight in store for him. 
Kingston, twenty miles away, lies at your feet, with all the coun- 
try intervening, and on the other side, an equally, ex- 

II— — — I— ___^^_ _u«— »^ - tended view to the north shore. The return is 

- /^^^KwilliiMllP^ii^BH^BK/iWi^Ky «W ' j. ,. - ,-^. now made, after a short rest. The view 

,..\aai^ —mna^^m^^^^^^^mma^^ms^ t^m. ^sat " ** "^ ■ -w™"*™';^!"* " a^^f,,-^ on the homeward trip will be found 

*.^i>,, fully as interesting and de- 
lightful, and on arriving 
t Buff Bay in time 
to take the afternoon 
^=" train to Port Antonio 
he would be a hard- 
^ened traveler indeed 
who could have any- 
thing but unstinted 
praise of this outing. 

-WASHERWOMEN 

OF 

PORT ANTONIO 




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At Bowden, situated on the extreme easterly end of the island, will be found a number 
of cottages built for the accommodation of tourists who desire absolute quiet, or who wish 
to indulge in the fishing and shooting to be found in this quiet, land-locked harbor. A 
beautiful road runs from Port Antonio, and on the way the traveler can take in the 
delightful little town of Bath, once the fashionable spa of Jamaica, and the location of 
the first botanical garden on the island, which was established in 1774. It will be 
found a beautiful road to Bath, absolutely level, and without a break. The baths are 
about one and one half miles from the town and will be found in charge of an attendant, 
who will place every facility at one's disposal. Should it be desired, a bridle path 
will be found here, which takes one up to the wonderful Cuna Cuna Pass of the 
Blue Mountains, a ride of great interest, and which comes out by way of the Rio Grande 
to Port Antonio, passing through the Maroon settlement at Mooretown. From here 
into Port Antonio the drive is one of unalloyed delight. If taken on Saturday, a stop of 
a half hour or more can profitably be made at the Golden Vale Ford, as on that day 
there will be found a constant procession of donkeys and natives fording the river, and 
laden with every commodity possible to conceive. How some of the animals come across 
with their loads intact is a mystery, but evidently long practice has brought the act to perfection 
It certainly affords a picture to delight the eye of an artist, — the animated shallow river bed, overhung 
with bamboo and palms, with the beautiful peaks of the Blue Mountains rising far in the distance. From 
all the cliffs on the road hang resplendent tropical flowers of every description, and render this drive one 
of the most popular on the easterly end of the island. 

For lovers of horseback riding, a delightful early morning canter out of Port Antonio is the run to 
Shot-Over, so-called. The trip is over a winding way through the mountains and comes out on the 
top of one of the foot-hills overlooking the town and harbor, affording a most extensive view, and 
one which is rendered doubly charming by reason of the early-morning effects to be obtained as one 
gains the summit. Especially will this be the case should the traveler be so fortunate as to be greeted 
by a tropical sunrise. Through the beautiful Jamaica clouds, change succeeds change so rapidly as to 
be almost bewildering, and the colors of the sky and mountains must be seen to be appreciated. 




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A GROUP OF NEW ARRIVALS 



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THE OLD FORTUNE TELLER OF 'WILLIAMSFIELD 




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Cabin Plans of United Fruit 





Go's " Admiral " Steamships. 



G. B. WEBSrER & CO., BOSTON, MASS. 



OCT 31 1904 



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